Chit Lwin Ebrahim | |
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| Member-elect of theParliament of Myanmar fromMaungdaw-1 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 (age 79–80) |
| Nationality | Rohingya |
| Party | National Democratic Party for Human Rights |
| Alma mater | Rangoon Institute of Economics |
Ebrahim, also known asChit Lwin, is aRohingya lawyer, accountant and former politician. He was elected as aParliament of Myanmar MP in1990 election. He was the chairman of theNational Democratic Party for Human Rights. The party was later banned by theBurmese military junta and its members are barred from contesting elections.
Ebrahim was born in 1946 in Myuthugyi village ofMaungdaw. His father was Master Siddique Ahmed. He attended the State High School in Maungdaw. He graduated from the Rangoon Institute of Economics with aBachelor of Commerce in 1967. He received a post-graduate diploma in economic planning from the Institute of Economics inRangoon. He later studied accountancy and law, becoming a certified accountant and auditor. He joined the Ministry of Finance in 1967 and worked there till 1983. Since 1984, he has been a lawyer in the High Court of Rangoon.
During the1990 Burmese general election, Ebrahim contested from the Maungdaw-1 constituency and won the election with 20,045 votes out of 64,019 votes.[1] His party won four seats in the Burmese parliament.